Been doing more research on the Civil War and it really got me thinking. At what point does a person abandon their friends and family to fight in war against those they love? I would have to feel that the cause I was fighting for was more important than my loved ones.
That isn't an easy thing to do. The only way I could fight against my family is if I honestly believed that they were doing something so evil and wrong that they had to be stopped. Luckily, I have never been put in that position.
Reading letters from the Civil War has been fascinating and emotional. It is easy to forget that wars are fought by individuals who have a personal lives. Every soldier had a mother; they were once small innocent children.
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